Nutt hopes Masoli can play Saturday

Posted on: November 12, 2010 1:03 pm

Posted by Tom Fornelli

It may be firmly implanted in last place in the SEC West, but if Ole Miss can somehow manage to win two of its last three games, the Rebels will become bowl eligible this season. Of course, considering that after this week's tilt against Tennessee that the Rebels have to travel to LSU before taking on Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl, winning two games isn't going to be easy.

Which means that, realistically, if the Rebels don't beat Tennessee this weekend, they can forget about going to a bowl game. So it would be nice if they had their starting quarterback available, though nobody is quite sure whether that will be the case.

Jeremiah Masoli suffered a concussion last week against Louisiana-Lafayette, and is yet to be cleared to play against the Volunteers on Saturday. Still, Houston Nutt is keeping his fingers crossed.

Masoli has participated in practice this week, though he has been limited. While Nutt is hoping that Mullins will clear Masoli to play on Friday night, he also said that it could come on Saturday morning, and that if that is the case, then Masoli will be prepared to play. If Masoli can't go, Nathan Stanley will start in his place.

Stanley replaced Masoli last week and completed only 6-of-14 passes for 108 yards. Odds are that if Stanley does play, you can expect another heavy dose of Brandon Bolden and Enrique Davis, as both running backs rushed for over 100 yards last week.